16 october 2008

I wonder what life would be like if one was really willing to pay the price for their beliefs?

I have this real theological issue that has plagued me these last few days. It came a somewhat of a surprise since I thought that I had come to a conclusion. I guess that I was obviously wrong. Since I seemed stuck I asked a good friend for advice. My friend agreed to listen to me and offer some help.

My friend asked me if getting to the bottom of this issue would change things for me. I replied, "no". This friend told that maybe I should then leave my pondering and not worry about it. I was aghast with disbelief. Okay this particular theological issue is one of those sticky issues that people just cannot seem to agree or disagree about.

To leave a struggle just because it is difficult and may upset people or ruin my carrier is just not good enough for me. It could be that I have totally misunderstood what my friend meant, but I find that many people who call themselves Christian have taken a very passive attitude to their faith.

Doing the research and exploring the differing views is a lot of work. It is a lot of reading. It is not very exciting, but getting to a defendable statement of truth is about much more than who is right or wrong.


What it is about is having a world view that is worth living for. Jesus died upon the cross, died and later on was buried only to rise from the grave 3 days later. He paid that price for our sins so that every person who is willing to trust in what Christ did on the cross will have forgiveness and eternal life. He gave his apostles instructions on how they should live, after they receive the Holy Spirit. If this is really true then when will we start taking it seriously enough so that we live our lives by it.

peace on your head